Improved quilting-frame



enea eine geen qm WILLIAM J. SIMMONS, oF CIIARITON, IOWA.

, Letters Patent No. 89,799, dated ll/[a/y 4, 1869.

IMZEROVED QUILTING-FRMR y I The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

"To 'whomit may concern: I

Be it known Athat I, WILLIAM J. SIMMONS, of Chariton, Lucas county, Iowa,`have invented a new and useful Quilting-Frame; and I hereby declare the following to ybe a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

' making part ci' this speciiicathn.

This .invention relates to a iframe upon which a quilt is stretched,A and which, unlike the` frames in ordinary use, requires n0 additional means of support, and which also has 4ready adjustability to` any-sized quilt, and .to the varying'size of the quilt, as it is nnrolled in the operation of quilting.

`In the drawings- -Figu're l is a perspective view of myimproved `of cloth, e, of any preferred material, to which the ends of the quilt G are attached.

lhe winch-screws I) pass downward from the centre of the post-tops, and through metallic nuts h, which are inserted in blocksH.

These blocks H fit snugly in mortises passing horir zontally through the posts at their upper parts, `the said blocks forming a means for the introduction of the nuts to the position required.

'The operation is as follows: v

After the batting is enclosed, between the top and lining-sides of the quilt, the ends of the quilt .are sewn fast tothe strips c of the rails E. The ends may be then rolled 'around one or both of the said rails, to the extent desired, to bring all parts of the unrolled portion of the quilt within reach of the operators sitting outside the rails,

' The -rails B and E are then inserted in the mortises C and F, and the quilt being rendered sufficiently taut,

the winch-screws' are turned down, and their lower ends, impingingagainst the top of the `rails E, cause them to press with sufficient force upon the rails B to hold th latter inplace. o

Asthe quilting is proceeded with, the rail, or rails, upon which the quilt is rolled, are loosened, by unturning the Winches, and a portion of the quilt being `unrolled therefrom, the posts are' drawn along sufficiently to tighten the quilt, and the Winches are then turned down, serving to render the Whole rigid.

Having described my invention, i What I claim as new, and of my invention, is

The described arrangement of mortised posts A O F, rails B E, and Winches D, as and for the purpose stated.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM J. SIMMONS.

Witnesses:

A. W. McOoRMIoK, FRANK GRANGER. 

